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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Aerial view of old Jaffa Aerial view of old Jaffa and port with Tel Aviv behind Jaffa, also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine port city which is part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part. The city sits atop a naturally elevated outcrop on the ...
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
Jaffa, known as Joppa alias Ioppe, an Ancient city and former bishopric, now also Joppe (Roman), Latin Catholic titular see; Joppe (Syrian), Syriac Catholic titular see; Joppe, Gelderland, Netherlands
Joppa (a latinization of the 4th century Greek name, Ἰόππη) appears in the Bible as the name of the Israelite city of Jaffa. Joppa may also refer to: Biology
Tarshish (Phoenician: 𐤕𐤓𐤔𐤔, romanized: tršš; Hebrew: תַּרְשִׁישׁ, romanized: Taršiš; Koinē Greek: Θαρσεῖς, romanized: Tharseis) occurs in the Hebrew Bible with several uncertain meanings, most frequently as a place (probably a large city or region) far across the sea from Phoenicia (now Lebanon) and the Land of Israel.
Gath-hepher or Gat Hefer (Hebrew: גַּת הַחֵפֶר, romanized: Gaṯ haḤēp̄er) was a border town in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE. According to the Deuteronomistic history , it was the home of the prophet Jonah .
Today, the scientific name of one species of gazelle is Gazella dorcas, the dorcas gazelle. [ 10 ] The Greek verb used in Acts 9:36 is διερμηνεύω , transliterated diermēneuō, which means "to interpret fully, to explain", and in this passage it is rendered " is by interpretation ", which in context leads to the literal meaning ...
The province's Jewish population was now mainly concentrated in Galilee, the coastal plain (especially in Lydda, Joppa, and Caesarea), and smaller Jewish communities continued to live in the Beth She'an Valley, the Carmel, and Judea's northern and southern frontiers, including the southern Hebron Hills and along the shores of the Dead Sea. [34 ...